http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/arts/design/27kenn.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

"TO the small group of photography experts aware of its existence, it was known simply as “the Mexican suitcase.” And in the pantheon of lost modern cultural treasures, it was surrounded by the same mythical aura as Hemingway’s early manuscripts, which vanished from a train station in 1922.

The suitcase — actually three flimsy cardboard valises — contained thousands of negatives of pictures that Robert Capa, one of the pioneers of modern war photography, took during the Spanish Civil War before he fled Europe for America in 1939, leaving behind the contents of his Paris darkroom.

..while conservation experts from the George Eastman House in Rochester are only now beginning to assess the condition of the film, it appears to be remarkably good for 70-year-old nitrate stock stored in what essentially looks like confectionery boxes."

What a stunning find!!

Robert M. Teague

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"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release

An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."

No worries, I'm always fascinated by history, so much more, when it concerns photographs.

Robert M. Teague

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Website: www.visionlandscapes.com
Blog: visionlandscapes.spaces.live.com

"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release

An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."

"New home for images by famed war photographer

A trove of long-lost iconic images captured by famed war photographer Robert Capa has been recovered and is being examined, cataloged and scanned at the International Center of Photography.

Some 3,500 of Capa's images arrived at the center in recent weeks after years of efforts to find and recover them, Brian Wallis, the ICP's chief curator, told Reuters on Monday.

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After cataloging and scanning the images, the center expects to post them on its Web site, with a book and exhibition distinct possibilities."

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSB6390820080128?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

Robert M. Teague

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Website: www.visionlandscapes.com
Blog: visionlandscapes.spaces.live.com

"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release

An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."

"To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event." - Henri Cartier-Bresson